Fattoush

Fattoush (Arabic: فتوش, also fattush) is a Levantine salad made from toasted or fried pieces of pita bread (khubz 'arabi) combined with mixed greens and other vegetables.^[1] Fattoush belongs to the family of dishes known as fattat (plural) or fatta, which are made in the Levant by Arab cooks using stale flatbread as a base.^[1] To make fattoush, cooks use seasonal produce, mixing different vegetables and herbs according to taste, while making use of pitas that have gone stale. The vegetables are cut into relatively large pieces compared to tabbouleh which requires ingredients to be finely chopped. Sumac is usually used to give fattoush its sour taste.

[edit] Etymology

Fattūsh is made of the Arabic root F-T-T "crush" and the Slavic diminutive suffix -ūsh. Coining words this way was common in Syrian Arabic as well as in other dialects of Arabic.

[edit] Ingredients

[edit] Primary ingredients

• Purslane
• Radish
• Tomato
• Lettuce
• Cucumber
• Onion
• Sumac
• Mint
• Pita - toasted or fried
• Salt
• Olive oil
• Lemon Juice

[edit] Optional ingredients

• Feta cheese
• Parsley
• Carrot
• Red pepper
• Green pepper
• Red Cabbage
• Black olive
• Black pepper
• Garlic
• Pomegranate Arils

[edit] See also

• Arabic salad
• Lebanese cuisine
• Syrian cuisine
• Tabbouleh
• Sumac

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

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